Comments for Thompson: Don’t forget rural America at http://lakeconews.com , comment 1 to 7 out of 7 comments http://lakeconews.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:47 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6896/925/#comment-10189 that infrastructure means more than just highways. Our dams and levees are old, as are bridges, water, sewer lines and treatment facilities. A great project would be the undergrounding of utilities, we could eliminate the blight of them, their vulnerability to vehicles running into them and I\'d imagine that not sitting in blazing heat in the summer and freezing in the winter they may need far less maintenance. If you get a chance to stand on a ridge overlooking Spring Valley it is reminiscent of a cat playing with string with lines everywhich way and then some. - Donna Christopher Sun, 11 Jan 2009 11:19:44 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6896/925/#comment-10182 I just hope that our Representatives are truly looking at the picture ahead. Frankly I don’t think it’s very pretty. Now maybe I’m wrong, but I do believe we are in deep, deep doo doo! Local sustainability is where we will need to be very quickly. Again, maybe I’m wrong but the roads are going to be used by emergency vehicles the National Guard, and our local law enforcement only. It will be used by citizens with a pass and proper ID!! I.E. state of emergency….for a while anyway until the civil and social chaos/violence comes to a slow close, followed with very little gas available for those vehicles anyway!! What can I say, guess I awoke this morning as a fatalist. On a lighter note….we will survive and probably return a better and more productive society, with a deeper appreciation of what Debra Chase is trying to share with us in her commentary this morning… - lenny Sun, 11 Jan 2009 07:56:21 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6896/925/#comment-10177 Rayguns tired old mantra no longer gets it DDean. I will concur that our incredibly mismanaged government under Bush is a disaster. If he wasn\'t on Bin Laden\'s team he may as well have been. I think the TARP to Wall Street is bad idea. Loans to a more responsive Detroit is a good thing.Restructuring mortgages for folks that still have jobs is good. Rebuilding our infrastructure in necessary and is a matter of national security. Spending money to make us energy independent is a no-brainer. I first blanched at the amount of money it will take to fix this mess but then I remembered my quaking hand as I signed my mortgage. How could I go this far in debt?? Well I did, the place is paid for and I\'m glad I had the guts to go for it. We cannot simply do nothing. We do need to discuss our solutions but dragging out 25 year old sound bites is not how to do it. - Donna Christopher Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:46:08 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6896/925/#comment-10167 Americas economy will never be restored until we slap the snot out of 95% of our self serving politicans.Many of which are on the new team.STOP STOP STOP spending money we dont have you idiots.The new pres.says the Government is the answer to our problems.Hell,the Government is the problem. - DDean Sat, 10 Jan 2009 07:01:00 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6896/925/#comment-10160 do with this info, call our Congressman? I like your idea smurf, put the gas tax monies in the hands of the respective Counties in CA. Sac is a black hole. - Donna Christopher Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:12:32 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6896/925/#comment-10154 A gasoline tax to maintain our roads. Waiting for grants from the state or the feds is ridiculous. Let\'s pave the redneck sections of the city of Clearlake. - allen Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:09:17 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6896/925/#comment-10143 Mikey, our highways are in fine shape around here, hell caltrans repaved parts of 29 THREE times this last year! We need money for COUNTY and CITY road repairs, we NEED the tax money you guys took from us on gas! Got that Mikey? The CA state government is dysfunctional, don\'t give them a dime, just send us the cash and we\'ll handle the rest without a lot of that money staying in the hands of bureaucrats in sacramento. - smurf Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:30:33 +0100